Missing Persons Task Force News Today

Retired army officer Gal Hirsch becomes lightning rod for fury as more than 200 people remain in Hamas’s captivity

Anguish has set in as families watch and wait for any glimpse of information about their loved ones.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/HandoutAs hundreds of families watch and wait for any glimpse of information about their loved ones who have gone missing since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, anguish has set in for many.But so has hope.Omri Shtivi—whose brother, Idan Shtivi, has been missing since that fateful day after volunteering to photograph the Nova festival—told The Daily Beast that although his family has been tormented as they wait for information ...

Bills to reform Montana tax policy, support missing persons search efforts and overhaul Child Protective Services move through the Legislature. Host Mara Silvers and reporters Ellis Juhlin and Shaylee Ragar discuss the legislation they're watching this week — along with the schisms between and within the parties that are starting to form.

Two bills addressing the issue of missing persons in Montana passed out of the House floor Wednesday, and will now move on to the Senate.

The 21st Missing Children’s Day focused relationship building between law enforcement, legislators, the public, and victims’ families.